vice president of the royal college of surgeons of england, and a consultant ent surgeon. thank you forjoining us on bbc news today. i want to talk about your work as a surgeon first of all. in common with other health professionals, you have had to speak to patients and say we cannot do the work we have planned to do new, that must feel incredibly frustrating for you and them. good afternoon. frustrating for you and them. good afternoon- it frustrating for you and them. good afternoon. it is frustrating for you and them. good afternoon. it is terribly afternoon. it is terribly frustrating for the whole of the surgical team. frustrating for the whole of the surgicalteam. i undertake frustrating for the whole of the surgical team. i undertake ear surgery, and particularly cochlear implants which are electric devices we put into the inner ear of people with very poor hearing. in order to allow them to communicate and to return to a hearing world. we understand that because of covi